22 of the Century’s Best Mystery and Thriller Books (So Far), BIPOC Edition

Book Riot has released a list of mystery and thriller books of the century written by BIPOC authors. The list includes a gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes adventure where Charlotte Holmes solves cases in Victorian England with the help of Mrs. Watson. Another title focuses on wealth, class, and corruption, involving gangsters, drug deals, and family fortunes in modern-day India. A character-driven literary espionage thriller set during the Cold War features an FBI agent who infiltrates the inner circle of a revolutionary president in Burkina Faso. The list also contains a cozy mystery series full of Filipine recipes.

• The books below are the 22 from the list that were written by BIPOC authors.
• There’s a gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes adventures, a cozy foodie mystery full of Filipine dishes, a genre-bending sapphic fantasy with classic noirish elements, and much more.
• It’s what you would get if you put The Sopranos, Succession, and White Lotus into a blender and poured the resulting concoction into modern-day India.

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